August 8: Primrose path

sunlit primrose blossom

replete with primrose moth

perfect relationship

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July 24: Moth mail

Out of the mailbox

flies a small, paper-white moth--

what's the message?

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July 14: Weather

looking for stars

on a cloudy night

moths lit by streetlight

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July 13: Moth

fluttering moth

on my computer screen--

is it the light or the words?

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June 13: Night

Moths in headlights.

Falling asleep

on the drive home.

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November 8: Election Day

Winter moths at the porch light.

Shining through the weeping willow

waxing half moon.

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October 18: Recurrent

Moths under the porch light.

Still haunted

by last night's dream.

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August 25: At the baseball game

Under the ballpark lights

a single white moth

flutters through the infield.

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August 24: Paper thin

Our cat chases a moth

around the backyard.

The heart is that fragile.

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July 15: Eagle Hill Institute, Luna Moth

One moth most people seem to know and that everyone marvels at is the Luna Moth, Actia luna--or as I heard someone refer to it recently, "the lunar moth." In addition to its beauty, the Luna Moth is interesting because, like many moths in their adult form, it doesn't eat. It doesn't even have a mouth. The sole reason for its brief existence is to mate, lay eggs, and produce more Luna Moths.

 

Luna Moth's short life--

it's not about beauty

but about making more.

 

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July 14: Eagle Hill Institute, Moth dump

Spent a good part of today sorting through a pile of moths from a trap that was set in a field last night. We sorted them by family and then tried to identify genus and species. By bedtime, squadrons of dead moths were lined up and labeled--immersion learning at its best.

 

Sphinx moths stare at us

over their new labels--

order from chaos.

Photo by Bryan Pfeiffer

 

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July 12: Eagle Hill Institute, Day One

Spending a week studying butterflies and moths at Eagle Hill Institute in Steuben, Maine. The first night we stayed up late photographing moths at UV lights. Instructor Hugh McGuinness says we had over 150 species, some of them startlingly beautiful when examined up close.

 

moths at the light

each one a Rorschack test

an artwork briefly hanging

Green Arches: Anaplectoides prasina

Cherry Scallop Shell: Rheumaptera prunivorata

 

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June 20: Summer moths

At the local natural foods store, several striking moths were gracing the outside produce bins, including this green Luna Moth, the equally eye-catching if more understated Modest Sphinx, tucked under "WISDOM" and "LOVE" to its left, and several Rosy Maple Moths.

Alive for one day

Luna Moth poses

with early summer peaches.

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